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1、课时作业(十七) Unit5 NelsonMandela—amodernheroSectionⅠ Warmingup&Reading—Prereading(本栏目内容,在学生用书中以独立形式分册装订!)阅读理解AElizabethFreemanwasbornabout1742toAfricanAmericanparentswhowereslaves.Attheageofsixmonthsshewasacquired,alongwithhersister,byJohnAshley,awealthyMassachusettss
2、laveholder.Shebecameknownas“Mumbet”or“MumBett.”Fornearly30yearsMumbetservedtheAshleyfamily.Oneday,Ashley’swifetriedtostrikeMumbet’ssisterwithaspade.Mumbetprotectedhersisterandtooktheblowinstead.Furious,sheleftthehouseandrefusedtocomeback.WhentheAshleystriedtomakeh
3、erreturn,Mumbetconsultedalawyer,TheodoreSedgewick.Withhishelp,Mumbetsued(起诉)forherfreedom.WhileservingtheAshleys,MumbethadlistenedtomanydiscussionsofthenewMassachusettsconstitution.Iftheconstitutionsaidthatallpeoplewerefreeandequal,thenshethoughtitshouldapplytoher
4、.Eventually,Mumbetwonherfreedom—thefirstslaveinMassachusettstodosounderthenewconstitution.Strangelyenough,afterthetrial,theAshleysaskedMumbettocomebackandworkforthemasapaidemployee.ShedeclinedandinsteadwenttoworkforSedgewick.Mumbetdiedin1829,butherlegacylivedoninh
5、ermanydescendants(后裔).OneofhergreatgrandchildrenwasW.E.B.DuBois,oneofthefoundersoftheNAACP,andanimportantwriterandspokespersonforAfricanAmericancivilrights.Mumbet’stombstonestillstandsintheMassachusettscemeterywhereshewasburied.Itreads,inpart:“Shewasbornaslaveandr
6、emainedaslavefornearlythirtyyears.Shecouldneitherreadnorwrite,yetinherownsphereshehadnosuperiororequal.”语篇解读 本文介绍了美国历史上一位勇于追求自由的女性黑奴ElizabethFreeman。1.WhatdoweknowaboutMumbetaccordingtoParagraph1?A.Shewasbornaslave.B.Shewasaslaveholder.C.Shehadafamoussister.D.Shew
7、asbornintoarichfamily.解析: 细节理解题。由文中第一句可知,她出生于奴隶家庭,天生为奴隶。答案: A2.WhydidMumbetrunawayfromtheAshleys?A.Shefoundanemployer.B.Shewantedtobealawyer.C.Shewashitandgotangry.D.Shehadtotakecareofhersister.解析: 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Oneday,Ashley’swifetriedtostrikeMumbet’ssisterwithas
8、pade.Mumbetprotectedhersisterandtooktheblowinstead.Furious,sheleftthehouseandrefusedtocomeback.”可知,为了保护妹妹,她替妹妹挨了打。这一惩罚让她愤怒,所以离开了Ashley家。答案: C3.WhatdidMu
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